D: It’s epic! I LOVE dinosaurs!
Me: Why’s that?
D: Because you get meat-eating ones; plant-eating ones: big ones; small ones; sea ones; land ones; air ones; slow ones; quick ones…
Me: That’s called ‘diversity’.
D: Yes. I wish that they were still alive… But only the kind and gentle plant-eating ones. Like the diplodocus.
Me: Why, what would you do if they were still alive?
D: I’d look at them and I’d stop them from fighting other dinosaurs, even if they weren’t meat eaters, because they’re meant to be kind and gentle.
Me: How would you do that?
D: Um – actually I wouldn’t need to, because they don’t really fight.
Walking with dinosaurs
February 2, 2014
Tiresome tales
June 21, 2013
[Watching children’s TV]
That was really funny mum – Ryan the Lion was just telling a really boring story about putting the bins out and when he’d finished Kay said, “That was different.” Then Ryan said “Do you want me to tell you the story about when I watched some paint dry?” And Alex said, “Let’s watch some Driver Dan.” Then Ryan said, “I’ll take that as a yes!” And he carried on telling the story anyway!
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Facing animated fears
June 12, 2013
FACING ANIMATED FEARS
“We watched Scooby-Doo.”
Age 5
That’s you and me, on the sofa, with the mat thing and the cushions [right] and that’s the telly with Scooby Doo and his friend in it [left].
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Having a giggle
May 3, 2013
Son: In Gigglebiz on CBeebies people are always cooking and, every time they cook, they put one of Tony’s things in – like his old boots, or his socks, or his tie, or his trousers!Mum: That wouldn’t taste very nice would it?
Son: No – and do you know why they do it? Because it’s on Gigglebiz and that’s where they do lots of stuff that’s funny – lots of silly stuff!
Watching versus doing
December 30, 2012
D: Mum, you shouldn’t watch too much TV, should you?
Me: No – your eyes might go square.
D: But that’s just a legend isn’t it? It’s not really real is it? It’s a LEGEND.
Me: What do you think will happen if you watch too much TV then?
D: Nothing. Your eyes will just go round like they already are.
Me: Well, perhaps you’re right – but your brain might stop working properly if you watch too much TV.
D: Why?
Me: You might stop having ideas. When do you have YOUR best ideas?
D: When something’s gone wrong and I need to think of a way to fix it, so it doesn’t go wrong again.
Me: OK, and do you ever have those good ideas whilst you’re watching the telly?
D: No, because when I watch the telly I switch my brain off.
Me: So if you watch the telly TOO MUCH, you’d stop actually DOING things and your brain wouldn’t need to come up with as many good ideas.
D: Yes, my brain would just be switched off all the time and I would just say “erm, erm, erm” all day long and even at my birthday party I would still be going “erm, erm, erm…”!
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Dog talk
November 19, 2012
D: There was something really funny that I saw in an advert. There was this trick – it was number 21. It was something that you put on the floor and then a mummy came along and saw it and told the dog off because it was a pretend poo! How funny is that? Because the dog didn’t know what she said and he just looked at her like, “Huh?’!
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